More goodbyes...and Logan begins expressing some reservations

Busy day today, rushing around doing last-minute errands, reviewing the home purchase settlement statement etc. We attended a very nice farewell party at Jason's office - Logan skipped straight past the pizza to the ice cream, and told everyone about how our new house has "FOUR Bathrooms!!!"

At home we had a very nice playdate with Logan's best school friend Penelope and her mom Amy. And then our neighbor Liv came over in the afternoon while her mom and dad got out to celebrate their anniversary. Over the past few days Logan and Liv have been declaring that they want to be brother and sister, despite the fact that we've told them that would put a dent in their wedding plans. But today the motivation came out...Logan informed us that he was not moving to Colorado but that he was going to live at Liv's house with her. I told him we'd miss him too much and that he had to come with us, to which he replied (with a rather desperate edge) that we could visit him but that he wanted to stay in Park la Brea with Liv. He even later told Matt and Jill about his plans, and told them that he wasn't going to talk to us about it any more.

At first it was kind of cute to hear them say these things, but the underlying emotions of sadness and helplessness are pretty clear to us and it's heartbreaking. Of course we knew it was too much to hope for that Logan would remain cheery and excited about this big change in his life. I guess we can take comfort in this development, since it means he's getting a chance to experience the full range of emotions that go with a move and appreciate the people and things he will miss before they're all gone.

Of course children are resilient, and by this evening he, Liv and Jason were making Yum-Yum bars to give out at our final MyGym session Wednesday.